After viewing an ad about lake front properties for sale in the Southwest Magazine for dirt cheap, Fernando decided that he wanted to check the area out for investment purposes. So we contacted a realtor and headed out to Corsicana, specifically the Richland Chambers Lake. It was a nice, up-and-coming vacation area located about an hour south of Dallas and 2.5 hrs north of Houston. However, we decided that now is not the time to buy vacation property–we don’t have a first house to live in, or a boat.
The best thing about Corsicana was the Russell Stover chocolate outlet. The store was huge and super cheap, with tons of chocolates and candies and Blue Bell ice cream. Unfortunately, we couldn’t indulge too much because it would have melted in the car while we played at Six Flags.
I had never been to a Six Flags before, so I was pretty excited to see what it was like, and was glad to hear that they have some huge roller coasters. However, I did get a little nervous when we drove up and I saw and heard the screams coming from the Titan. Fernando insisted that this coaster was weak in comparison to the one he rode in New Jersey last year, although he couldn’t wait to get on it. But I insisted that we take a warm up ride on something little before we attack the big one. However, I later regretted my decision after waiting 45 mins for a kiddie ride. Overall, Six Flags was fun. I thought it was a little crowded, but Ferd informed me that waiting 30-45 mins for a ride is actually not bad. After six rides and massive headaches, we decided to head to Dallas to BJ’s Brewery–the best Chicago deep dish pizzeria–and indulged ourselves in a delicious cookies and cream Pizookie.
The next day, we checked out the Texas state fair, which doubled as a car show. Highlights were the Nissan GT-R, the retro Dodge Challenger, and we checked out the Hyundai Genesis. The rest of the fair was pretty comparable to the Puyallup Fair in Washington, only cleaner and on a bigger scale. One of my favorite parts as always, was the food. We saw everything from deep fried latte’s to giant turkey legs. We settled on frozen chocolate covered cheesecake on a stick and gyro’s.
We didn’t get to see much of Dallas, but we did observe that is has a huge smog issue; the climate is wonderful with very little humidity; it has very nice roads and a good freeway system; it was not dry and brown like people said it would be, and the zoning was nice which kept the nice areas away from riff raff. Overall, we could see ourselves there in twenty years if/when Ferd manages to make it all the way to the corporate headquarters. 🙂
Diane and Fernando 